"Those with talent who naturalise today can easily leave the country of adoption for greener pasture tomorrow; it is what these developed countries do to keep them there that really matters.

Between the hard-working stateless man who has spent much of his life toiling on Malaysian soil and the corrupt politician who continues to squander our national wealth, it does not take a genius to distinguish who is the real patriot." By Josh Hong in Malaysiakini

Living in a windowless house

For those who may see the comming ‘democratic’ election according to the seven step Road Map to ‘Democracy’ as the dawn of a new age, I have a different take on the matter. I learned this from a young age from reading the great Chinese writer, Lu Xin.

Regional commanders from the Burmese military government met the leaders of several ceasefire groups on Tuesday for talks that likely centered on the groups’ participation in the 2010 election, according to sources at the Sino-Burmese border.

Human Rights Watch Letter to

the Prime Minister of Malaysia

Congratulations on your April 3, 2009, appointment as Malaysia’s sixth prime minister. As you know, Human Rights Watch, a nongovernmental human rights organization that monitors human rights in more than 70 countries around the world, has long raised human rights concerns in Malaysia with your predecessors. Continue reading →

I will apologize to the original writer at a favourable time later. I am sure he understands our situation.

The European Union (EU) renewed economic sanctions on Burma for one more year during a foreign ministers’ meeting in Luxembourg on Monday.

The EU said it would continue to work to establish an open dialogue with Burma’s ruling generals in Naypyidaw, the capital. It also called for the junta to conduct a “genuine dialogue” with opposition and ethnic groups.